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GENTLEMEN,
No. 32.
COLONIAL OFFICE to CROWN AGENTS.
Downing Street, May 9, 1900, I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to inform you that it is proposed to erect a mosquito-proof hut in the Roman Campagna, with a view to testing the protection which it would afford from malaria, and that Dr. L. W. Sambon and
Low have been selected to carry out the experiment.
2. I am to authorize you to pay to Dr. Sambon the sum of £100, which will be required for the purchase of certain scientific apparatus, stores, &c., and to charge the amount to the Malaria Investigation Fund.
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No. 33.
I am, &c.,
R. L. ANTROBUS.
DR. J. W. STEPHENS and MR. S. R. CHRISTOPHERS to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received May 11, 1900.) [Answered by No. 37,]
SIR,
Accra, Gold Coast, April 16, 1900. We beg to state that we thought it advisable to visit this place before the onset of the rains, and subsequently, as we have reported to the Royal Society, we propose visiting Lagos, and probably staying there some time or returning to Freetown. We shall be glad if you will cause instructions to be made with regard to our pay, &c., to the authorities at these places. We beg also to state that we find the maintenance allowance inadequate, and that at Freetown our absolutely necessary outlay was at the rate of £150 per annum cach.
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SIR,
We are, &c.,
J. W. W. STEPHENS, M.D. Cantab, S. R. CHRISTOPHERS, M.B.
No. 34.
DR. P. MANSON to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received May 18, 1900.)
[Answered by No. 50.]
21, Queen Anne Street, Cavendish Square, May 17, 1900. It is proposed, in connection with the Campagna malaria experiments, to have weekly relays of mosquitoes sent to the London School of Tropical Medicine. To for- ward the insects by private hand with the necessary regularity and expedition is not feasible. Her Majesty's mail from Brindisi affords an excellent and the only oppor- tunity. Unfortunately, owing to a Post Office regulation precluding, the carriage of live animals, unless the regulation be suspended, this opportunity cannot be availed of, and we might have to abandon an important part of an important experiment.
I would, therefore, beg of you to request the Postmaster-General to grant per- mission for the experimental mosquitoes referred to to be carried by the Brindisi mail, and to direct the officers in charge of the mails to give our experimentors such trifling assistance as they may require in getting their insects to London in good condition.
At The mosquitoes would be placed in small boxes, three or four inches square. most only two or three boxes would be sent at a time. Their carriage would be at- tended with no danger or inconvenience to the postal officers, to the mails, or to the public.
I am, &c.,
PATRICK MANSON.
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SIR,
(No. 119.)
No. 35.
SIERRA LEONE.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to Governor Sm F. CARDEW.
Downing Street, May 18, 1900. I HAVE the honour to inform you, with reference to my despatch, No. 289, of the 1st of December last,* that Dr. Stephens and Dr. Christophers have represented that the absolutely necessary outlay for maintenance at Freetown is at the rate of £150 per annum for each of them, and that I have accordingly approved of their maintenance allowances being increased to that amount.
2. They will be entitled to draw their increased allowances from the date of their first arrival in Sierra Leone up to the date of leaving West Africa. I have, &c.,
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No. 36.
GOLD COAST—LAGOS.
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIR F. M. HODGSON and GOVERNOR SIR W. MACGREGOR.
(Gold Coast. No. 237.) (Lagos. No. 146.)
SIR,
Downing Street, May 19, 1900.
No. 360,
I Have the honour to inform you, with reference to my despatch, No. 291, who have now pro-
of the 7th September last, † that Dr. Christophers and Dr. Stephens, who propose to visit
ceeded to Accra,
are each entitled to pay at the rate of £400 a year, and a maintenance Lagos shortly, allowance while in West Africa at the rate of £150 a year.
2. The maintenance allowance was originally fixed at £100 a year, but has now been increased to the sum mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
3. I shall be glad if you will be good enough to have their salaries paid while on the Gold Coast from Colonial funds, recovering the amount from the they are
at Lagos Crown Agents for the Colonies.
4. In British Central Africa Dr. Christophers and Dr. Stephens were sometimes obliged to make expeditions at short notice, for the purposes of their investigations, and were allowed their actual travelling expenses, on the understanding that no expendi- ture of this kind exceeding £20 should be incurred without authority from this Office.
Accra 5. As the Colonial Hospital at
will probably furnish the principal Lagos material for their work, I trust that it will not be found necessary to incur any largo expenditure in travelling, but, in any case, you will be guided by the rule which was applied in British Central Africa.
6. The accounts of Dr. Stephens and Dr. Christophers should be kept by the Colonial Treasurer, who should forward them monthly through you to this Department.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
• No. 262 in Miscellaneous No. 119.
† No. 250 in Miscellaneous No. 119.
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